首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
[A] Convincing evidence: US is losing its appeal in the eyes of multinationals [B] Biggest hindrance: US divided political syst
[A] Convincing evidence: US is losing its appeal in the eyes of multinationals [B] Biggest hindrance: US divided political syst
admin
2013-06-26
49
问题
[A] Convincing evidence: US is losing its appeal in the eyes of multinationals
[B] Biggest hindrance: US divided political system
[C] American future; stuck in the middle
[D] Overstated statement: US overall competitiveness is declining
[E] Voice of experts: pessimism pervades academic world
[F] Economic outlook: bad but not desperate
[G] Undisputed fact; US is losing its economic edge
41. ______
Is America fading? America has been gripped by worries about decline before, notably in the 1970s, only to roar back. But this time it may be serious. There is Utile doubt that other countries are catching up. Between 1999 and 2009 America’s share of world exports fell in almost every industry: by 36 percentage points in aerospace, nine in information technology, eight in communications equipment and three in cars. Private-sector job growth has slowed dramatically, and come to a halt in industries that are exposed to global competition. Median annual income grew by an anemic 2% between 1990 and 2010.
42. ______
The March issue of the Harvard Business Review is devoted to "American competitiveness". The Review reports that declinism is prevalent among HBS alumni: in a survey, 71% said that American competitiveness would decline in the coming years.
43. ______
America is losing out in the race to attract good jobs. Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business points out that multinational firms increased employment in America by 24% in the 1990s. But since then they have been cutting back on jobs in America. They have moved dull repetitive tasks abroad, and even some sophisticated ones, too. The proportion of the employees of American multinationals who work for subsidiaries abroad rose from 21.4% in 1989 to 32.3% in 2009. The share of research-and-development spending going to foreign subsidiaries rose from 9% in 1989 to 15.6% in 2009; that of capital investment rose from 21.8% in 1999 to 29.6% in 2009.
44. ______
America’s political system comes in for particularly harsh criticism: 60% of HBS alumni said that it was worse than those in other advanced countries. David Moss of HBS argues that such complaints are nothing new: American politicians have been arguing about the role of government ever since Thomas Jefferson butted heads with Alexander Hamilton. But in the past this often led to fruitful compromises. But such compromises are rarer these days. Republicans and Democrats are more ideologically divided, and less inclined to make pragmatic concessions.
45. ______
For all this gloom, the Review’s gurus argue that, as Bill Clinton said in his first inaugural address, there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. The country has huge strengths, from its world-beating universities to its tolerance of risk-taking. It has a highly diverse market: firms that seek cheap labour can move to Mississippi, where wages are a third lower than those in Massachusetts. Rosabeth Moss Kanter of HBS points to the extraordinary amount of innovation that is going on not just in Silicon Valley but across the country.
Yet it is difficult to read this collection of essays without a sense of foreboding. The one thing that worries the HBS alumni more than anything else—the state of American politics—is the most difficult to fix. The politicalsituation swings unpredictably, making it hard to plan for the future. Should companies assume that they will have to abide by Mr. Obama’s health-care law when it comes into effect in 2014, or will the Republicans have repealed it by then? No one knows.
选项
答案
A
解析
为了印证专家们对美国经济前景的担忧,文章第三段从一个点切入讨论美国竞争力的下降,那就是美国对于跨国公司的吸引力。研究显示,在20世纪90年代,跨国公司在美国的雇佣率上升了24%,但是自那之后,这个数据一直在下降,它们将一些重复性的工作(repetitive tasks),甚至是一些复杂性的工作(sophisticated ones)移到了海外。另外,它们还将很多的研发中心以及资金投入移到了海外。由此可见,本段的中心主旨应该是[A]Convincing evidence:US is losing its appeal in the eyes of multinationals。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tKd4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Thefollowingparagraphsaregiveninawrongorder.ForQuestions41-45,youarerequiredtoreorganizetheseparagraphsintoa
StephenM.Saland,chairmanoftheStateSenateEducationCommittee,isaconservativeupstateRepublican,andStevenSanders,c
ThepurposeofthewebsiteistoTheauthor’spositiveattitudetowardsMilano’sworkisshownin
Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericaRevolution.(1)_____,evenbefore
MarkTwainonceobservedthatgivingupsmokingiseasy.Heknew,becausehe’ddoneithundredsoftimeshimself.Givingupfor
Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancecomplainofjetlag.Jetlagmakesbusinesstravelerslessproductiveandmoreprone【C1】_____
Byafaction,Iunderstandanumberofcitizens,whetheramountingtoamajorityorminorityofthewhole,whoareunitedandac
Theincreasinglyhighratesofjuveniledelinquencyareagreatprobleminmodemsociety.Moreandmorepeoplearepayingspecia
Manypeopleseemtothinkthatsciencefictionistypifiedbythecoversofsomeoftheoldpulpmagazines,theBug-EyedMonster
随机试题
蒸汽机车在调车作业中,对装载易燃、易爆物品的车辆,必须挂不少于()节的隔离车,并严禁溜放。
通常电视发射天线采用的是()方式。
在往来客户或供应商管理中对客户进行编码时,如果给定了编码原则,那么对客户的分类编码就一定要使用到最末级次。()
依据《企业所得税法》的规定,下列企业属于企业所得税纳税人的有()。
2012年全国公路水路交通固定资产投资14512亿元,占全社会固定资产投资的3.9%。分地区看,西部地区交通固定资产投资5400亿元,所占比重为37.2%,比上年提高1.2个百分点;东、中部地区交通固定资产投资分别为5479亿元、3633亿元.所占比重分别
对于先进生的教育管理工作,班主任需要注意的问题不包括()。
甲公司因业务需要,以其一座厂房(价值700万元)作抵押,分别从乙银行和丙银行各贷款300万元。甲公司与乙银行于2003年5月1日签订了抵押合同,5月3日办理了抵押登记;和丙银行于2003年6月1日签订了抵押合同,6月3日办理了抵押登记。后因甲公司无力还款
并蒂莲:鸳鸯
某单位来了6个实习生,男女各三人,分配到2个部门,若要保证每个部门都能分到男女至少各一人,则共有多少种分配方式?
学校的每个社团都有一名团长,且一个同学可同时担任多个社团的团长,则实体团长和实体社团间的联系是
最新回复
(
0
)